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The 32-year-old working mother of five boys is now preparing to perform Aug. 12 at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Her performance will be telecast on NBC's "Today Show."

Lawson Monday won the show's top prize -- a record contract with Warner Bros. Records -- beating out fellow Texan Gabe Garcia and Iowa's Shawn Mayer in a live broadcast on NBC.

During the show's finale, all of the original 12 acts that began the competition in June returned to the Acuff Theater to join host Billy Ray Cyrus in a performance of his hit single, "Achy Breaky Heart."

Country music icon George Jones also made a surprise appearance.

The top four finalists are to begin a U.S. tour this year.

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